Find the next number in the sequence

5 12 24 36 ?

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

It has a long neck, A name of a bird, Feeds on cargo of ships, It's not alive,

What is it?

what does the below rebus mean?

Sweet & very intelligent katty has 8 puppets(Jane Bird Barbie Angel Colleen Nora Lass Missy).
All puppets are of different size. She arrange all puppets to face towards the guest and tell the guess the following clues :

* Jane has three puppets bigger on its left side
* Bird has two puppets smaller on its left side
* Barbie has one puppet bigger on its right side
* Angel has two puppets smaller on its right side
* Colleen has one puppet bigger on its left side
* Nora has one puppet smaller on its left side
* Lass has four puppets bigger on its right side
* Missy has three puppets smaller on its right side

Also some puppets are inside the bigger puppets.

Assuming you are the guest , can you tell the katty how the puppets are arranged ?

A deaf and mute man goes to the train station. Tickets for the train are 50 cents each. The man goes to the ticket booth and hands the man inside just a dollar. The man in the booth hands him two tickets.

How did the man in the booth know to give him two tickets without even looking at him?

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

Can you count the number of squares in the figure below?

Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do ?

I have an eye but still cannot see.

Who am I?